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Education Data Source Ipeds

Q: What is a Claude Code skill and how does the Education Data Source Ipeds skill fit in?

A Claude Code skill is a SKILL.md file that lives under ~/.claude/skills/<name>/ and tells the Claude Code CLI agent how to perform a specific task (instructions, prompts, allowed tools). Skills are auto-discovered at session start. Education Data Source Ipeds is one of 67,000+ skills indexed in the open ClaudSkills catalog, classified under the General category. Learn more at https://claudskills.com/learn/what-is-skill-md/.

Category: General · Sub-category: education-learning · Last updated: 2026-05-28

IPEDS — primary federal postsecondary data (~6,500 institutions, 1980-present): enrollment, completions, graduation rates, finance, aid, admissions, HR. For college/university analysis. Grad rates = first-time full-time; finance needs GASB/FASB care.

About this skill (catalog notes)

Education Data Source Ipeds includes pricing or quota commentary; 6 code blocks for direct copy-paste. At roughly 3,377 words the SKILL.md is on the longer end of the catalog distribution.

Source: copaper.ai
Original author: brycewang-stanford
Indexed lastmod: 2026-05-28
Catalog position: General · education-learning
Indexed related skills: 10

How Education Data Source Ipeds fits the catalog

Education Data Source Ipeds sits in the General category under the education-learning sub-topic in the ClaudSkills catalog. There are 10 related skills indexed alongside it; comparing a few before installing usually reveals which fits your workflow best.

These notes are auto-generated from features detected in the SKILL.md file and from this catalog's structure — they aren't part of the source repository.

From the source SKILL.md

IPEDS (Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System) — the primary federal data system for ~6,500 U.S. postsecondary institutions, comprising 12+ annual survey components: enrollment, completions, graduation rates, finance, financial aid, admissions, human resources, and institutional characteristics (1980-present, varies by component). Use when analyzing postsecondary enrollment, degree completions by CIP code, institutional finances, or admissions data. Graduation rates track first-time full-time students only (150% cohort). Cross-sector finance comparisons require care due to GASB vs.…

What this skill does

Education Data Source Ipeds is a community-contributed Claude Code skill in the education-learning sub-category. It ships as a SKILL.md file that Claude Code auto-discovers under ~/.claude/skills/education-data-source-ipeds/ and loads when your prompt matches the skill's trigger.

Who uses this skill

The Education Data Source Ipeds Claude Code skill is built for Claude Code users and developers across all disciplines looking for general-purpose AI assistance. It's part of ClaudSkills (also referred to as Claude Skills or Claude Code Skills) — the open community-curated registry of 76,000+ SKILL.md files for Anthropic's Claude Code agent and the wider Claude ecosystem (Claude API, Claude Agent SDK).

How to install

Free

Manual install (2 steps)

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/education-data-source-ipeds
curl -L https://claudskills.com/skills/education-data-source-ipeds/SKILL.md \
  -o ~/.claude/skills/education-data-source-ipeds/SKILL.md

Or just download SKILL.md directly and drop it into ~/.claude/skills/education-data-source-ipeds/. Claude Code auto-discovers it on next session.

Skills live at ~/.claude/skills/education-data-source-ipeds/SKILL.md on macOS/Linux, or %USERPROFILE%\.claude\skills\education-data-source-ipeds\SKILL.md on Windows. See the full install guide for step-by-step instructions.

Pro

One-click install via the desktop app

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Frequently asked questions

How do I install the Education Data Source Ipeds Claude Code skill?

Install via the ClaudSkills desktop app (one click) or copy SKILL.md from the source repository to ~/.claude/skills/education-data-source-ipeds/SKILL.md and restart Claude Code. Both flows are detailed at claudskills.com/install/.

What does the Education Data Source Ipeds skill do?

Is this skill free to install?

Yes. ClaudSkills is an open registry — every skill keeps its source repository's license, and manual install via copy is free. ClaudSkills Pro ($9/mo, $79/yr, or $149 one-time) adds one-click install via the desktop app and a multi-signal Quality Score.

When should I use the Education Data Source Ipeds skill?

Use Education Data Source Ipeds when your Claude Code task falls under the General category — specifically in the education learning area. Claude Code auto-discovers installed skills and invokes the right one based on the task description, so you can also ask Claude directly (e.g. "use Education Data Source Ipeds" or describe the task and let Claude pick). Browse related skills at /category/general/.

What is a Claude Code skill and how does the Education Data Source Ipeds skill fit in?

A Claude Code skill is a SKILL.md file that lives under ~/.claude/skills/<name>/ and tells the Claude Code CLI agent how to perform a specific task (instructions, prompts, allowed tools). Skills are auto-discovered at session start. Education Data Source Ipeds is one of 67,000+ skills indexed in the open ClaudSkills catalog, classified under the General category. Learn more at /learn/what-is-a-claude-skill/.

Attribution & license

Source: https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills/blob/HEAD/skills/17-DAAF-Contribution-Community-daaf/dot-claude/skills/education-data-source-ipeds/SKILL.md
Author: brycewang-stanford
Website: https://copaper.ai

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APA

brycewang-stanford. (2026). Education Data Source Ipeds [Claude Code skill]. ClaudSkills. https://claudskills.com/skills/education-data-source-ipeds/

BibTeX

@misc{education-data-source-ipeds-2026,
  author    = {brycewang-stanford},
  title     = {Education Data Source Ipeds [Claude Code skill]},
  year      = {2026},
  publisher = {ClaudSkills},
  url       = {https://claudskills.com/skills/education-data-source-ipeds/}
}

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